Year of Twin Bridges roadworks misery could be over soon

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More than a year of misery for road users could soon be over as workers near the end of the Twin Bridges roundabout improvements.

The roadworks, which have seen lane closures on and off since April 2013, are expected to end by next month.

Half of the resurfacing of the northern side of the roundabout, at the Easthampstead Road exit, is complete and the remaining area will be finished next week. The exit will be closed from 8pm to 6am while the work is taking place.

Until then, engineering works will continue near Easthampstead Road where the lanes are being re-aligned and widened.

The council’s contractors planned to have the roundabout works finished by spring, but pushed the date back to August.

Councillor Chris Turrell, executive member of planning and transportation, said: “The end is in sight. It probably doesn’t look as though much has changed, but what’s happened is capacity has been increased and we’ve installed new traffic lights.

“Construction works at Twin Bridges are due to be completed in a few weeks and the preparation works for the new traffic lights will continue until the middle of August when the lights will be switched on.

“Drivers can expect to see improvements over time as the refinements are made to the traffic light system and they get used to using the new junction.”

The junction connects Bracknell to the A329, A3095 and the A322, all of which link Bracknell to other towns and motorways.

Last December council bosses announced they had received a £1 million government grant from the Department for Transport’s Local Pinch Point Fund to increase capacity at the roundabout.

The work, to improve traffic flow, was expected to cost £1,962,000 – with some of the funding coming from Section 106 developer contributions.